Song of Songs: The Greatest Love Story in the World

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For April 30        The Place Where the Lord Lay               He is not here; for he is risen. ....Come, see the place where the Lord lay--Mat 28:6               The Grave Is Associated with Gladness              One does not usually associate gladness with the grave. That is not the experience of men. The sepulchre is the quiet home of sorrow, where the tears fall in gentle, loving memory. How often, visiting a graveyard, does one see somebody lingering by a tomb, taking away the flowers that are withered, tending it with a sweet and careful reverence. Such ministrants are seldom singing folk, with a great and shining gladness on their faces. They are the children of memory and sorrow. Summoned to a grave, we kno...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For April 29        The Darkness at the Cross               Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour--Mat 27:45               When Jesus Was Born there Was Light, When He Died There Was Darkness              It is notable that when our Lord was born there was a supernatural light across the sky. It was a fitting prelude to the life of Him who was sent to be the light of men. The shepherds, sitting by their flocks, were surprised by the shining of the heavens. The night became as day about them when the Holy Child was born. All which was God's prophetic symbol of the illumination of the heart of man through the unspeakable gift of the Lord Jesus. The strange thing is that when...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For April 27        The Crown of Thorns               And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head--Mat 27:29               A Touch of Brotherhood              Amid all the sufferings which Christ had to endure in the last and terrible days of His humility, none has more deeply moved the heart of Christendom than His wearing of the crown of thorns. We have never felt the agony of nails, nor the cruel piercing of a Roman spear. And therefore we can but dimly realise the physical pain of such experiences. But in the torment of sharp and biting thorns we reach the commoner lot of our humanity; within our own remembrance we have that which interprets this experience of our Lord. To us, who hav...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For April 26        Which Is Your Answer?               What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ?--Mat 27:22               Jesus Is Unavoidable              One possible answer to this question is: I shall have nothing to do with Him at all. I shall ignore Him and pay no heed to Him. If He confronts me when I go to church, I shall deliberately avoid the church. If He steals on me when I am quite alone, I shall do my best never to be alone. If He meets me in certain companies, so that I am very conscious of His presence, I shall be careful to choose my company elsewhere. I shall bar every window against Him. Against His coming I shall bolt my doors. I shall give injunctions to my lodgekeeper that He is...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For April 23        On Making Allowances               The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak--Mat 26:41               To Forgive When Hurt Is Hard              There are times when it is very hard to make allowances for other people. To forgive them seems a counsel of perfection. Even if we do forgive we are haunted by a lingering resentment. Gusts of bitterness invade the soul when we remember how deeply we were wronged. To trust again when we have been deceived, with the simple and sweet trust of long ago, seems a victory beyond our powers. Love may abide through bitterest disappointment, for love is strong as death. But the love which has been hideously wronged is seldom quiet as a resting place. F...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For April 22        The Cry for Companionship               What, could ye not watch with me one hour?--Mat 26:40               The Closest Disciples Sleep Most Often              The scene was the Garden of Gethsemane, and all three disciples were asleep. It is not the first time in the Gospel story that we have found these three disciples sleeping. When the Lord was transfigured on the mountain these same disciples were asleep, and neither there nor here was it a light and evanescent drowsiness. We are told that in the former narrative, and here, the moment Jesus ceased to speak they relapsed into their heavy slumber. One would have thought that the word of Jesus to them would have stabbed them wide awake. It evi...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For April 20        Love's Wastefulness               To what purpose is this waste?--Mat 26:8               A Strange Deed Lives Forever              The scene was Bethany, and the time was near the end. A few more days and the earthly life of Jesus would be over. Jesus and His disciples are seated at their evening meal, when a woman, whom from other sources we learn to have been Mary, did this strange deed that is to live forever. It is not always true that "the evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft interred with their bones." The harm that Mary did, if she did any, lies sleeping with the other gossip of the street of Bethany. This deed still lives, like a choice framework for her heart and hand. 'Ti...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For April 15 The Fact of Faithfulness               Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of the lord--Mat 25:21               Faithfulness, a Test of Character              One might dwell for a long time upon this parable without exhausting its message or its meaning. It is like a sea in which men fish for pearls, and in which every diver has some new reward. These parables are terribly practical, yet in their suggestion they are boundless. Again and again do we return to them, only to be amazed with their significance.              I want to center your thoughts upon one...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For April 11        Respectable Sin               Ye are like unto whited sepulchres--Mat 23:27               The Jewish Background              The imagery of this denunciation would appeal powerfully to a Jewish audience. These whited sepulchres, gleaming in the sun, were a familiar feature in the landscape. You are not to think of them as separate buildings, like the mausoleums of the Romans. They were just caverns cut in the limestone rock, with a great stone set up to close the opening. And once a year these stones were whitewashed, not for the purpose of making them look beautiful, but to warn people that a grave was there, lest they should touch it, and touching, be defiled. Many a time our Lord had wondered...